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11.4 Exercise 115

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Solve these slope applications.

Road grade A local road has a grade of 6%.\text{6}\% . The grade of a road is its slope expressed as a percent.

  1. ⓐ Find the slope of the road as a fraction and then simplify the fraction.
  2. ⓑ What rise and run would reflect this slope or grade?

OpenStax Prealgebra 2e, 11.4 Understand Slope of a Line, exercise 115

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